Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In these hilarious short little auditions, which were shown at the end of every episode, the best of Chorley would perform for our viewing pleasure. Like The X Factor but much, MUCH more northern (and all the better for it).
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Impresario Brian Potter is willing to do anything to make a go of his club Phoenix Nights, and his band of loyal staff and regulars are all keen to pitch in as well. But somehow fate and drunken horses seem to be conspiring against them.
Some comedies secure cult status after just one episode. The first series of Phoenix Nights, created by and starring Bolton-born comic Peter Kay, is one of those rare gems that few saw on first showing but that everyone was soon talking about. Wheelchair-bound Brian Potter (Kay) runs the Phoenix, a shabby social club populated by an assortment of wonderfully observed characters. It's grim up North and despite the best efforts of the staff to inject life into the proceedings--be it an alternative comedy night, a version of Robot Wars in Potter's beloved Pennine Suite or a Wild West extravaganza--each evening's entertainment always ends badly. Undaunted, the Phoenix denizens continue to strive for their dream: a world in which "clubland never dies".
Even though Kay is the focus of the show (having also directed and penned the series), this is no star vehicle; the hapless security guards, the club entertainer Jerry, and Ray Von the dodgy DJ all combine in an ensemble comedy the likes of which hasn't been seen since Fawlty Towers. You have to watch it a couple of times just to catch all the visual gags, let alone pick up on all the nuances of the brilliantly written script. If you missed it the first time round, now's your chance to own one of the best British sit-coms of recent years.
Welcome to the Official Peter Kay YouTube channel! Bringing you all the best moments from stand up to sitcoms!
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#PeterKay #Comedy #PhoenixNights
In these hilarious short little auditions, which were shown at the end of every episode, the best of Chorley would perform for our viewing pleasure. Like The X Factor but much, MUCH more northern (and all the better for it).
-
Impresario Brian Potter is willing to do anything to make a go of his club Phoenix Nights, and his band of loyal staff and regulars are all keen to pitch in as well. But somehow fate and drunken horses seem to be conspiring against them.
Some comedies secure cult status after just one episode. The first series of Phoenix Nights, created by and starring Bolton-born comic Peter Kay, is one of those rare gems that few saw on first showing but that everyone was soon talking about. Wheelchair-bound Brian Potter (Kay) runs the Phoenix, a shabby social club populated by an assortment of wonderfully observed characters. It's grim up North and despite the best efforts of the staff to inject life into the proceedings--be it an alternative comedy night, a version of Robot Wars in Potter's beloved Pennine Suite or a Wild West extravaganza--each evening's entertainment always ends badly. Undaunted, the Phoenix denizens continue to strive for their dream: a world in which "clubland never dies".
Even though Kay is the focus of the show (having also directed and penned the series), this is no star vehicle; the hapless security guards, the club entertainer Jerry, and Ray Von the dodgy DJ all combine in an ensemble comedy the likes of which hasn't been seen since Fawlty Towers. You have to watch it a couple of times just to catch all the visual gags, let alone pick up on all the nuances of the brilliantly written script. If you missed it the first time round, now's your chance to own one of the best British sit-coms of recent years.
Welcome to the Official Peter Kay YouTube channel! Bringing you all the best moments from stand up to sitcoms!
Subscribe here: bit.ly/2OKEbEf
#PeterKay #Comedy #PhoenixNights
